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Where does “voide” come from?

voide (Middle English) comes from Old French vuit, from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, from Latin vacuus, from Latin -uus, from Proto-Italic *-wos, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

Ancestry of “voide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvuitempty
2Vulgar Latin*vocitum—
3Latinvacuusempty, vacant, unoccupied; devoid or free of,...
4Latin-uusforms adjectives on verbal stems
5Proto-Italic*-wos—
6Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “voide”

  • void
  • voidable
  • postvoid
  • voidage
  • voidability
  • voider
  • microvoid
  • nonvoid
  • voideth
  • nanovoid
  • voidest
  • prevoid
  • voidableness
  • unvoidable
  • nonvoidable
  • voide
  • minivoid
  • supervoid
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